USB to RS232 conversion (not opposite) [WAGO PFC200]

[Kardan]

Good day,
I've been browsing this forum for 2 years now, but this will be my first post.

I have device with USB serial output.

I would like to get that data to my WAGO 750-8202 which has RS232/485 port.

Can rs-232 to USB cables work both ways?

P.S.: the device i want to acquire data from - internally has rs-232 to usb converter, but it is integrated on PCB and I cannot bypass it.

 

[ganapathyplc]

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[daba]

Good day,
I've been browsing this forum for 2 years now, but this will be my first post.

I have device with USB serial output.

I would like to get that data to my WAGO 750-8202 which has RS232/485 port.

Can rs-232 to USB cables work both ways?

P.S.: the device i want to acquire data from - internally has rs-232 to usb converter, but it is integrated on PCB and I cannot bypass it.

Serial communications is 2-way - so yes is the answer.

Be aware, though, that some of the "cheaper" USB/Serial converters you can buy do not work at the higher data rates you might want to use.

Others may have other recommendations, but I would recommend the Keyspan USA-19HS adapter, which is available at a good price.... I have yet to come across anything it doesn't work with.

 

[SysIntegrator]

Depends on the USB device. If it s not a device running windows or some other OS in the background that supports USB to RS-232 converters, I'd say probably not.

A USB to RS-232 is not just an active converter, it's an actual usb device that requires drivers and must be registered as a serial port with whatever it's plugged into. For example, when you plug an RS-232 converter into a windows laptop, it's not like you're just sending data out to a USB port and it's getting converted to RS-232 serial signal, it actually has registered and installed a serial device. If your device cannot support that, then it's not an option.

 

[daba]

Depends on the USB device. If it s not a device running windows or some other OS in the background that supports USB to RS-232 converters, I'd say probably not.

A USB to RS-232 is not just an active converter, it's an actual usb device that requires drivers and must be registered as a serial port with whatever it's plugged into. For example, when you plug an RS-232 converter into a windows laptop, it's not like you're just sending data out to a USB port and it's getting converted to RS-232 serial signal, it actually has registered and installed a serial device. If your device cannot support that, then it's not an option.

My bad - I had not considered that aspect.....

Lesson learned - act and think appear that way alphabetically, but shouldn't be assumed it's best to use them in that order...

 

[SysIntegrator]

Easy mistake. The probably really lies in calling them usb to rs-232 'converters'. They are most definitely not. Unless you consider a video card a 'PCI to HDMI converter' or usb webcam a 'visible light spectrum to usb converter'. I think the confusion comes from the physical appearance of satisfying the basic idea of a 'conveter', in which it makes a rectangular plug go into a trapezoidal plug. From that sense, yeah, I gues it converts the shape of the connector.

 

[ASF]

Lesson learned - act and think appear that way alphabetically, but shouldn't be assumed it's best to use them in that order...

I'm stealing that

 

[Kardan]

Ok,
One million internetish thanks for replys.
It seems not worth getting into this project then.

 

[shooter]

you could try a usb/485 converter, hopefully the data will be passed, normally a USB connection will ask for data, so you have to know what you need to send before you receive data.
another way is to have a small PC in between to do this for you.